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Re: Qualificationless Hegseth on Ukraine: "amateur hour" "huge fuckup" "pre-emptive concessions" SURRENDER MONKEY

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>https://www.mediaite.com/news/pete-hegseth-roasted-over-huge-fck-up-and-
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>ean-up-on-ukraine-negotiations-amateur-hour/ 
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>Hegseth made news on Wednesday by declaring
>“we must start by recognizing that returning
>to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is an
>unrealistic objective” and arguing that
>Ukraine joining NATO was not likely.
>
>Many pundits and observers slammed Hegseth
>after he walked back the comments, arguing
>that he had given up leverage to Russia
>without gaining any concessions.
>
>The National Review’s Mark Antonio Wright
>shared Schifrin’s post and wrote, “The
>SECDEF’s not a “realistic outcome” comment
>on Ukraine and NATO membership was in his
>prepared remarks. Amateur hour from
>@PeteHegseth and his staff.”
>
>The Economist’s Shashank Joshi added,
>“Hegseth’s lack of experience is already
>showing. Publicly makes a series of
>pre-emptive concessions prior to the most
>important negotiations in many years, and
>then has to publicly explain that he had
>no authority to say any of those things.”
>
>
>Former Obama aide and podcaster Tommy
>Vietor argued, “This was a huge fuckup by
>Hegseth. There’s no walking back his
>initial comments that Ukraine won’t join
>NATO or gain back all the territory lost
>since 2014. He wrote Putin a big check
>that has already been cashed. Maybe don’t
>make an unqualified Fox News host @SecDef?”
>

Hegseth is a DEI hire.

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